Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Putting my boots away the other day and I noticed a wasp on the top of the boot stand. It's getting cold now and you could see that it was struggling, it barely moved as I went to shush it away. I lifted it onto a leaf and couldn't help but notice what a beautiful little creature it was. Not that Summer Wasps are my favourite thing and had it been full of the joys of summer, I wouldn't have been anywhere close, but I couldn't ignore an animal in such need. I found a skewer, coated it in honey and let Waspy get some much needed food. Watching it work its way around the skewer was a fascinating and touching, it had so obviously been in need. It was also a real pleasure to enjoy a creature that I would, in other circumstances, be doing everything in my power to avoid!